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   Engulf , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer.  Cf. Ingulf.] To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
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   It quite engulfs all human thought.
   Young.
   Syn. -- See Absorb.
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   Ingulf , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.] [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also engulf.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
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   A river large . . . 
   Passed underneath ingulfed.
   Milton.
   
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